Alfonso, Marquis of Bedmar
Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar (1572–1655) was a professional diplomat in the service of Habsburg Spain.
- In the 1632 series: He befriended the American embassy party in 1634: The Galileo Affair in Venice, and facilitated the journey of Anna Maria to the Netherlands in 1634: The Bavarian Crisis. The new King in the Netherlands made him an advisor in Brussels, and he became chancellor of the new kingdom in the Low Countries.
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